The hits of Fleetwood Mac are legendary and they enjoyed had two separate “careers”.

Early on, when led by Peter Green, they were a blues act and enjoyed success with hits like Albatross, Man Of The World and Oh Well.

Following many changes, the band reinvented themselves in the mid-Seventies and became one of the biggest bands on the planet with smash hits such as Little Lies, Dreams, Tusk and The Chain, later the theme tune to BBC television’s coverage of Formula 1.

Rumours of Fleetwood Mac cover all the bases and showcase the whole career of the legendary band.

“It’s an honour to play these songs,” says Allan. “The bands’ catalogue are the songs of my life and there’s nearly six decades’ worth of material.

“Plus, I was speaking to Rick recently and they are thinking of going back into the studio.”

Since the last tour, there have been a couple of changes to the band, one of them being that Allan will not be behind the drums this time.

“We have a new drummer in Paul Walsh, who has played with us before, and a new bassist in Etienne Gerrard,” he explains.

“They both have a great love and appreciation for the music, especially the Peter Green material.”

The tour, which arrives at Sheffield City Hall tomorrow, is called Hits to Blues, with the band “expanding” the early blues part of the set.

“They do give us a bit of poetic licence, but you can’t get away from the ‘big’ numbers,” says Allan.

“There are some new songs in the set.

“One of them is Jigsaw Puzzle Blues which was the b-side of Albatross.”